about them dying, that's usually what it's about. and just the sheer unfairness of it all. the the cochlan separate his leader, the college pushed him on his release from custody uneasily, but is expected at an extradition hearing that next month, the photos he detention overnight after almost 4 years on the run from this punish goverlan as european lawmakers brought the rest as great. as a ne job biden's approval ratings and flung following a raft of divine to policies with the us presidents now less popular than hit for dis, s f and possible future rival. donald trump, with germany said patricia, it's next time so that we can up to 16 years of angular merkel. and the help would

begin our special election coverage. ah, you're watching the news announcing to national with me here. last. allah, thank you for joining us. the former president of spain, catalonia region, has been released from italian custody. collis pushed him on, was retained on saturday, under an arrest war and from spain, which has been pursuing the separatist leader for nearly 4 years for his role in our lord independence referendum. the rest was possible because pushed him on, had been stripped of immunity as a european parliament. m t is wanted on a range of charges including tradition, 100 gathered back to learn a findings and calculate on friday. so for it has the detention and demand release demonstrators also pick the, the tree of the counseling capital nathan evening. when journalists evelina could

change, have been following the protest. i am at the moment the teacher said, as she was, i rested yesterday and already today i can hear me read whatever's happening at the moment. it's not correct. they are also using the excuse to show their willingness to have independence and to show their willingness separate from saying european you'll make is have convince the rest. our correspondent elliot, the trend co host. andrew pharma discussed the reaction to the bonds in europe, where politicians who have branded his arrest

a disgrace. this punish disgrace just doesn't stop. neither does the european disgrace. solidarity was call is put more, the spanish state is abusing the us war. and by using it in this way, allowing people to exercise their democratic right to vote is not a crime. there is only one way to still be insistent repression of the states. amnesty self determination and independence total supports mr. president, there's definitely could be the turning point in the fate of caroline independence theater calls pushed him on and it could be the end of freedom for him. he was arrested upon arrival on the italian island of sardinia, where he was supposed to take part and a meeting that's about capital one full core, just cultural stuff. nothing to do with independent well on friday. and italian court is deciding the next steps in the case of mister, put them on. and one of the very likely scenarios is expedition to spain,

where he's wanted on several charges, including misuse of funds and sedition, which could mean 25 years behind bars for the former cadillac independence leader. and you may wonder, how's that possible if he was supposed to be protected by parliamentary immunity as a member of the european parliament? well, earlier this year and march, in fact mister put them on. and his allies worse stripped of that parliamentary immunity by other m a peace, even though a 3rd of them were firmly against it. and that was a very 10th day. and that parliament building d at these dates of europe and parliament lost already unity. but the europe in parliament lot more than that, but he didn't got the results. it is also long to warranty that goes on. well, we may be opening the door to other member states to prosecute any

piece from representing minorities for probably to go. and you know, these is, these would be a tremendous tragic, but i said, and the government should not open court as we heard him leaving fisherman has been wanted by the spanish authorities for several years now and always stemming from capital. i need paid for independence. let's ride back to the event that were happening exactly 4 years ago in september 2017. when the catalan regional parliament led by calls put them on, initiated a referendum, all the regions independence it went on despite the constitutional court in madrid, declaring it illegal. i remember how a vast majority of voters back then supported independence, even though the unionists decided to boycott that referendum. and it all resulted in a very brutal crack down on the independence movement with voters being severely beaten by police politicians being jailed at that time. some people were even saying that

these events were gimme flashbacks of victim toil spain of the middle of the 20th century. and i remember how it all ended so that catalonia never became independent and even its autonomy. busy was taken away by madrid, some of the independent leaders were jailed but call pushed him on, was able to flee spain. however,

the spanish thought he's decided to change their tactics. and let's see what the italian court has to say about that. and on our, from the independence campaign movement, the international commission, a european citizens, things, dialogues impossible until this punish government, properly listened to the people of catalonia. here we need to, we need to be clear. point cut out. i'm pretty sure they agreed on the strategy that is to try to dialogue with the spanish state. that doesn't mean i'm imply that the catalog movement, the more money is in favor of a strategy. because actually many of us, we think that does not much to talk with somebody that doesn't recognize the nation and doesn't rise since 2017. when the carlos put one acceptance to stop the indefinite of colonial, i tried to stick with the same if nothing has been achieved, as i was saying is 4000 citizens. i mean, the job is

a right to different facial mission and repression is, is a reality, is a concept happening a colonial european citizens at the moment less than a year after taking off his job, biden's popularity has already slunk to below that of his predecessor and possible rival, the next selection donald trump into 3 months biden's ratings have collapsed by more than 10 percentage points. well, that next was donald quarter. a pandemic spiraling out of control historic military defeat and a border crisis to boot. americans are starting to think things weren't as bad as they thought under former president, donald trump, the mounting issues on all fronts of lead to the surprise conclusion that trump is now seen as being as good a president as biden suggesting the honeymoon is being replaced with buyer's remorse. first on the list, afghanistan,

washington shameful defeat. that concluded its 20 year long war was the last straw . for many americans, the disastrous withdrawal of us troops and surrendering of millions of dollars of military tax to the taliban. had republicans and democrats alike demanding the biden administration, be held accountable. ah ah ah, in the

afghan a stand might feel like a world away from america, but there is no shortage of problems at home under biden's administration. earlier this month, biden announced a number of vaccine testing and mask mandates, which is proving to be the latest american political spac connected to the pandemic effecting around 2 thirds of the u. s. workforce. it wasn't long before the cries that biden is violating people's freedom of choice, were heard. 24 republican state attorney generals, or even threatening lawsuits really disruption divides the country. it increases the division in terms of vaccination when we should all be together along the campaign trail biden promised to make the country southern border a more humane place. instead, thousands of migrants are living in horrific condition. like under the del rio international bridge, the immigration crisis is getting worse as thousands more asylum seekers come knocking at the us his door at the top it all off. biden's approach hasn't changed

much from that of the trump administrations. kids are still being put in cages and despite biden's many promises to would be green card holders, many migrants are being deported back home without getting their chance at asylum. ah ah. ready with a track record like biden's and not even a whole year in office. it's no wonder over half of america thinks the country is on the wrong track. more embarrassing emails have serve at fish. don't make good reason for the u. s. presidents in bottled sun hung to bite and they reveal that he asked for $2000000.00 annual salary to help and look billions of dollars of

leave and asses frozen under the obama administration. he has on his english. donald hunter biden made a reputation for himself of living out of the wildest fantasies of a hard core rock and roll up. but to maintain this well brother, untamed lifestyle, it costs a pretty penny. and a new email leak proposed to shed light on just one of hunter biden's attempted hospitals he apparently offered to help with recovering some $15000000000.00 in libby, as for in funds frozen by the obama administration per phone conversation. i met with number 2 son. he wants to per year retainer plus plus plus success fees. he wants to have his own people. it can be close circle of people for confidentiality . so this is part of an email exchange between 2 democratic party donors with business interest in the middle east. dated year 2015 the to very much interested

in getting their hands on more mog, that the overseas coffers were apparently mewling whether joe biden 2nd born could pull his weight and deliver his positives. ah, he is chairman of you and will food program, son of number 2, who has libby a file, accessed the state treasury, business partner, secretary of state john forbes, kerry son. and since he travels with dad, he is connected everywhere in europe and asia. when we look at duffy and libby investment or 40 had money frozen, he said he has access to highest level in china. he can help there simply, wow, man, good kick, open almost any door upstairs which makes him an extremely valuable asset. so wonder what they had to say against using his services. his negatives are that he is alcohol, like drug addict, kicked out of us army for cocaine. chasing low class hookers,

constantly needs money, liquidity problems, and many more headaches. the man has a lawyers degree, was the son of then vice president. he makes millions yearly and still his reputation rests firmly on being a regular with low class focus. alas, though this little libyan scheme never came to fruition, apparently due to reasons well unknown. this latest email leak on the other hand did send quite a few ripples, nothing to see your folks totally legit. we're not getting many more answers, but suddenly we're getting a lot more questions at the same time that binary standing is collapsing across the board. inflation is out of control to put in perspective the last family member of a democrat president who lobbied on behalf of libya. billy carter only received $220.00 files and for his efforts. joe biden has been adamant that they have never

discussed his sons clients. yet, still nepotism is the word on many people's lips. this is going to go down the memory hole for most of the mainstream media. and to be honest from a peer actually knows perspective from a, you know, an opposition point of view. if you're a republican watching this, or you, or you pray on the downfall of joe biden, you don't want people to be talking about this too much. right? know things aren't going very, very well for job by and it's a total cluster in congress which is supposed to be his strength among among strength. there is seemingly weakly new disasters on the southern border. inflation is a real problem and we're probably going to see yet another coven wave come through . and that's really been what's driving his poll numbers down, up till now. so as far as hunter biden doing hunter biden things, let alone things that happened so many years ago. if you're a public and that's fine, it's something to make a me, me about. but you mostly want to be focusing on any of the issues that i just laid out because the american people really care about them. those are kitchen table in

a way that 100 isn't this year you enjoying all assembly. we'll hear from a delegate from august on, but it won't be the taliban requested representative instead taking the floor monday will be the representative from the government that it was out last month. our senior corresponded on gas day reports now from campbell. what the office of the un secretary general said is what has been expected in line. but with what had been expected ever since we found out that the taliban has requested that they change. i've gotten a studs representative at the you went to someone who they appointed, but the you where these, we all know a slow moving bureaucratic machine at the best of times. and in this instance, with me a weeks to go until the us general assembly would things very hectic there. it is unlikely that the diplomat and the council that they'll go tripping over themselves

in order to approve the tattered buds request. so the situation is such that the person speaking for of got to start on stage before the entire world will be someone who has almost no influence over events. it have got to stop. it will be someone who was appointed by the former government by a president who fled the country who resigned and whose government promptly collapsed in a matter of weeks facing a taliban onslaught. but, but it is a very difficult choice. it is a political mind field for the us because obviously they want to send the right signature signals. they don't want to get rushing over themselves in order to approve the taliban request. especially given that a lot of many countries around the world are very angry with the taliban right now, because they had appealed that was an international effort aimed at the taliban, directed towards the asking them to make the government as inclusive as possible.

the government that the taliban announced me a weeks ago again, was very hard line filled with terror released individuals. it was a message we won and we'll do whatever we want. on the other hand, people understand that the reality is that the taliban has seized the entirety of, of gotta stop. it control more of a gotten started more thoroughly than had been done in more than half a century. so it is vital that the international community engages with the taliban, but on their terms, they don't want to send the signal to other warlords and fanatical organizations, religious organizations around the world. that force of arms can get you and to the actual recognition, they bought the taliban to show that they are mature enough to be represented on the world stage. they must also work with them to make sure that the humanitarian situation here doesn't get any worse than it already is with more than 10000000

people on the verge of starvation. alternately, it does seem that on the 27th of september, there will be a somewhat ridiculous seeing that the un where the person representing of got to start will have almost new ties, new political current does to it. he will be a ghost of the former regime. meanwhile, it's a big we can had for germany. it's time to choose a new chancellor as the sun sets on the arrow on gillum, who will look at her legacy. and i was special election coverage in less than 2 minutes. ah, the

ah, me. when it comes to the rise of china, most of the commentary focuses on such things as strategic balance and the web, so called rules based order. however, what is missing in this discussion is the rise of a civilization. the challenge is western gemini. is the west prepared for this arc of history? mm. ah

ah, this is ancy international welcome back sunday, we'll see german voters take that country into a new chapter. as they decide who will replace the chancellor anglo. michael, how she leaves also is after 16 years in power. ah ah. so kansas. how that final debate on thursday, but at raleigh? shortly before the event michael was booed for banking. one of the candidates on mean lunch it as a successor. for the it's a phone firewall, which has seen people getting creative to say goodbye to that chancellor at toymaker, produce 500 special edition teddy by the image. they feature mark or trademark bull been her signature, diamond shape, hand gesture,

and in berlin. the people gathered to pain colorful portraits of the outgoing liza . so marco's korea has been full of ups and downs as she has pack, and tackled a raft of major problems from the pandemic. 2 beings pied on by the united states, europe correspondent licks bank at michael's era. after almost 16 years in charge, the time has come for anglo merkel to step down as german chancellor. drawing the curtain on a political korea of over 3 decades coming to office in 2005. she's the 3rd longest serving german chancellor of old time, only her mentor helmet. cole held the position longer in postwar, germany, anglo myrtle has achieved something that most politicians haven't. at the time of leaving office. she has remained popular with a large chunk of voters. no small achievement. when you look at the challenges she's had to face me,

germany weathered the financial storm that began with the collapse of layman brothers back in 2008 better than most countries. a 480000000000 euro bailout for the banks and managing to keep on employment figures from spiking to high saw angle american reelected in 2009. then came the collapse of greece and the fear that could never pay any of it to lawful debts. pushed the single currency close to the brink and a tidal wave of criticism crushing down on merkel and her government. me 2013. so whistleblower. edward snowden reveal that the united states had kept detailed tubs on senior german officials, including chancellor merkel, her phone being tapped by washington. protests on the streets of germany were followed up with more diplomatic comment from the chancellor. have always made it

clear to the u. s. president, buying among friends is not acceptable to me. one of the biggest moments of angle american tenure came in 2015 with the refugee crisis. her statement via shuffle. so we can do it. she did a policy which saw hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing the conflict and syria coming here to germany. something which saw anglo merkel revealed by some reviled by others. each daughter guns, i simply say that germany is a strong country. we have already managed so many things we can do it. and whenever there is something sending you know, way, we'll need to cross that bridge, which is need to work in it is going to invite the indoor. so we have not seen migrant clothes and such forms before and what we are seeing right now has no relevance to the present rule. when this is merkle, repeat constantly, we will cope with it, but she is not offered a structured solution yet. so to the chancellor medical actions in regard to

refugees change the makeup of the german parliament is opposition to have policies on asylum allowed the anti migrant alternative for germany party to win seats in the bottom. the stag, becoming the largest opposition party to her government, and making things difficult to her when addressing the chamber the me there being no easy route to the finish line for angle america. the government's policies on the covert, pandemic sets off a small but vocal opposition that it was point threatened to storm the bond to stuck the me

me me, me. the retreat from afghanistan provided the chancellor with more problems in her final weeks with accusations of rifts within her cabinets over how best to evacuate people from cobble. and then issues over who had been able to get on german planes is that we will continue the evacuation operation for as long as possible in order to help afghans who worked with us for security for freedom, for the rule of law and development, to leave the country, we currently have a very pragmatic procedure. we only carry out the security check upon entry to the country. we have now identified 4 cases of people who had already been deported border now in germany. she prepares to vacate the chancellor's office

just behind me. alarm bells ringing loudly and angular, miracles, christiy, and democratic union party as they slump to record lows in the pulse. the chancellor's final address to the bone, the stag, which became a attempt to promote c d. u candidate arm and lush. it as her successor ended in a barrage of hackles. oh my god, it's not just about foreign policy and nato in europe. my thought is, what if i have been with this gym and boon descent for with he is here is the heart of the democracy and this is exactly what will be discussed me. despite the obvious challenges, the miracle years will go down as a time of relative stability for most germans. her policies have made it easier for families to balance. children with korea's employment figures have remained steady while the economy is enviable in the u. into nationally, germany has taken

a far more prominent role under miracles leadership than it is had in modern times . one of the big concerns right now though, is that with no clear success to angle america, in terms of policy or certainly international clout, what will become of those years of stability that was seen when to her rein feature all of her r, t, berlin, and michael is on big pace because she still fell to when you consider just a snapshot or she stayed, they use power house or over the last decade and a half. the jury had time in charge. marco has worked with for american presidents for french leaders and find british prime and is from george w bush to joe biden. from shant. she rocked her and my know, my con and from tony blair to boris johnson. multiple rules have dominated headlines in that time, including i've got to start syria and him and she also played a key role to help save the euro. currently after the $22000.00

a financial financial collapse. and in the aftermath and looked down, spearheaded and president trillion, you, are you why pandemic recovery fund? so what is her legacy? as far as germans on the streets are concerned? we've been task like it's been a long time. i've experienced the 3 chancellors i called schmidt and merkel. it's strange when you're $54.00 and you've only had 3 chancellor. i think she did a lot of good things for the country and also made a lot of strange decisions with c. d. you is not my party was but i think she can happily retire. i will miss mrs. mccullough because i'm not satisfied with the current candidates. i would have preferred her. i think mrs. miracle has done a good job. very charismatic. she's accepted everywhere in the world. not to city you border, you can admire the woman for longer than too long. mrs. merkel should have gone 4 years ago. now. she has lost her way. she did a lot of good in the 12 years before, but now you can see that she's out of the me and here's how the election process

will work or whether we can vote in don't directly true the chancellor, but have to both to decide the next parliament, the $5.40 in the constituency. and there are $299.00, cuz she's constituency. the call the country. the 2nd ballot they for political policy. and there are $47.00 of them running for c, but only partner with more than 5 percent of the nationwide can enter the bundis. doug, one of the candidates for the transfer ship is on a linda buyer book. the green party co need it since 2018. shes an outspoken opponent of the north train to pipelines, to pump gas from russia to europe, but by prague has been criticized for lacking top level experience and was even a keys are plagiarism and how the latest book study up to date, more news in about half an hour off next on our scene to national is crosstalk. ah.